5 of the best Cornish pasties in New Zealand

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Cornish pasties were said to have been invented to provide an easy-to-carry meal for tin miners in the English county of Cornwall. These days they are a hearty feed for Kiwis who have been converted, often by ex-pat British friends or relatives.

But they are hard to find and the best examples need to be tracked down. We’ve done the work for you.

5 top places to buy Cornish pasties in New Zealand

Auckland

The Kitchen Door

Hobbs Wharf Market, Gulf Harbour (Sunday) & The Plaza, Whangaparaoa (Friday)

Chef Sean Kellingray makes a range of traditional gourmet products including Cornish pasties (meat or vegetarian), as well as pork pies, sausage rolls and fruit pies. The Kitchen Door provides a home delivery service to Aucklanders.

Auckland

Westmere Butchery

131 Westend Rd, Westmere, Auckland

This award-winning butchery makes weekly batches of Cornish pasties. They also provide other ex-pat treats such as pork pies, white and black pudding, haggis and Scotch pies.

Tauranga

Doug Jarvis English Butchery

Papamoa Plaza, Papamoa, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty

As the name suggests, this butchery specialises in ex-pat offerings such as Cornish pasties, and a range of other products including pork pies, black pudding, faggots and Scotch eggs.

Cambridge

Cornish Pasties New Zealand

19 Victoria St, Cambridge, Waikato

This bakery sells directly from the oven, or to order, and at farmers markets in Cambridge, Hamilton, Rotorua, Taupo and Tamahere (between Cambridge and Hamilton). Their options include vegetarian (spinach, feta and sun-dried tomato, or cheese and onion), as well as traditional beef, lamb and mint or beef, ale and blue cheese.

Dunedin

Who Ate All The Pies

46 Glasgow St, South Dunedin, Dunedin, Otago

This business was launched by Lancastrian Steven Turner in 2008 and he’s been selling hand made pies and pasties at the Otago Farmers Market and through his online store. He only bakes every 21 days to ensure his customers get quality (and freshly made product), and his range includes wild hare, steak and Bluff oyster pies, as well as his sought-after pork pies.

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New Zealand’s favourite food treats

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New Zealanders love their fish and they love their chocolate – so it’s not surprising the country’s favourite food treat is a combination of the two.

The Chocolate Fish has become an icon of Kiwiana, and the favourite confectionary snack for generations of New Zealanders.

Made from a thin layer of milk chocolate filled with pink marshmallow, the Chocolate Fish was voted top treat by more than 32,000 consumers in an online poll to find New Zealanders’ top 10 snacks.

Top 10 food treats

  1. Chocolate Fish
  2. Burger Rings
  3. Pineapple Lumps
  4. Jaffas
  5. Crunchie
  6. Jet Planes
  7. Moro
  8. K Bars
  9. Lamingtons
  10. Twisties

Source: Stuff online poll, 2013.

New Zealand’s top 10 brands

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New Zealander’s most-loved brands are dominated by food and drink, a national study of favourite brands has found.

More than 1,000 Kiwis were surveyed by research company Colmar Brunton about which Kiwiana brands they most loved.

Collar Brunton CEO Jacqueline Ireland said the most favoured brands were those with longevity, consistency and were able to evoke positive childhood memories.

“The best brands and their branding campaigns are unashamedly Kiwi and use that character to relate to a wide-range of ages and income brackets, according to our research,” she said.

“Kiwiana, or what New Zealanders consider to be all about this country, relate to not only the positive aspects of the national character but also the character of the favourite brands.”

Six of the top 10 brands were food or drink-related, being headed by Whittaker’s Chocolate, ice cream manufacturer Tip Top, confectioners Cadbury and Pineapple Lumps, baking brand Edmonds and major food manufacturer Heinz Wattie’s.

Lemon & Paeroa, the soft drink “that’s world famous in New Zealand”, just made the top 10.

Whittaker’s approval rating was 62%, followed by Tip Top (57%) and then the national rugby team, the All Blacks, with 52%.

New Zealand’s top 10 brands

1. Whittaker’s Chocolate

2. Tip Top

3. All Blacks

4. Cadbury

5. TradeMe

6. Air New Zealand

7. Pineapple Lumps

8. Edmonds

9. Heinz Wattie’s

10. Lemon & Paeroa

“The best brands evoke positive childhood memories and provide tangible links to those memories – they are known and trusted as well as loved.” — Colmar Brunton’s Jacqueline Ireland.

Source: Colmar Brunton Kiwiana Brands Survey 2014.

Where to find the best bacon in New Zealand

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New Zealand’s best bacon is a shoulder bacon produced by a butcher on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Thames Valley Bacon was honoured at the 9th annual 100% New Zealand Pork, Bacon & Ham Awards held in Christchurch, winning the 2016 best bacon title.

The competitions celebrate New Zealand’s finest home-grown pork products and assist consumers to identify and appreciate sustainable pork, bacon and ham which is PigCareTM Accredited*.

The competitions support local pig farmers, who raise pork solely for New Zealanders. Three supreme winners took top honours across each competition.

The event celebrates the craft involved with turning 100% New Zealand grown pork into mouth-watering bacon, ham and pork products. Each entry was scrutinised by an independent panel of 33 judges comprising of leading chefs, food connoisseurs and master butchers.

The best 100% New Zealand bacon

Overall winner

For Bushman’s shoulder bacon

Thames Valley Bacon

9224 Paeroa Kopu Rd, Matatoki, Coromandel

Middle Bacon

Gold Medal

For Manuka double smoked

Cameron Harrison Butchery

4 Crofton Rd, Ngaio, Wellington 

Silver Medal

For honey cured, Manuka smoked

The Meat Factory

29 Lyon St, Frankton, Hamilton, Waikato

Bronze Medal 

For honey cured, Manuka smoked

Pokeno Bacon

20 Subway Rd, Pukekohe, Auckland 

(Stores also at 420 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland, and Great South Rd, Pokeno)

Shoulder Bacon

Gold Medal

For Manuka honey

Cameron Harrison Butchery

4 Crofton Rd, Ngaio, Wellington 

Gold Medal

For Bushman’s shoulder bacon

Thames Valley Bacon

9224 Paeroa Kopu Rd, Matatoki, Coromandel 

Streaky Bacon

Silver Medal

For streaky black bacon

Matanaka Meats

4A Duncan Ave, Karitane, Dunedin

Silver Medal

For honey cured, Manuka smoked

Pokeno Bacon

20 Subway Rd, Pukekohe, Auckland 

(Stores also at 420 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland, and Great South Rd, Pokeno)

Silver Medal

For honey cured, Manuka smoked

Thomson Butchery

26 Wanganui Flat Road, Hari Hari, West Coast

Silver Medal

For Manuka smoked

Aussie Butcher New Lynn

Unit G, 10 Margan Ave, New Lynn, Auckland

Silver Medal

For Peninsula

Agora Butchery and Deli

170A Gordon Rd, Fairfield, Dunedin, Otago

Silver Medal

For Central Otago

Agora Butchery and Deli

170A Gordon Rd, Fairfield, Dunedin, Otago

Middle Eye Bacon

Silver Medal

For dry cured, Manuka smoked 

Cashmere Cuisine

20 Colombo St, Somerfield, Christchurch 

Bronze Medal

For dry cured maple

Sam’s Butchery

17 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Silverdale, Auckland

Dry Cured Middle Bacon

Silver Medal

For dry-cured

Sam’s Butchery

17 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Silverdale, Auckland

Silver Medal

For dry-cured

Harris Meats

23 Hall St, Cheviot, Canterbury

Silver Medal

For dry-cured

Grey Lynn Butchers

531 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland 

Bronze Medal

For dry cured with cloves

Thomson Butchery

26 Wanganui Flat Road, Hari Hari, West Coast

Bronze Medal

For dry-cured

Harrington’s Smallgoods

Unit 6-7 Miramar Metro 9-11 Tauhinu Rd, Miramar, Wellington

Past winners

2016

For Bushman’s shoulder bacon

Thames Valley Bacon

9224 Paeroa Kopu Rd, Matatoki, Coromandel

2015

For middle-eye bacon

Cashmere Cuisine

20 Colombo St, Somerfield, Christchurch 

2014

For Manuka smoked streaky bacon

Independent Meat Processors (no longer trading)

29 Edmonton Rd, Hornby South, Christchurch

* PigCare AccreditedTM

Pig CareTM is a New Zealand accreditation program and is a world-leading standard of Care for Farmed Pigs. It was developed by Massey University with the support of veterinarians, pig farmers and professional organisations and has been independently reviewed by international experts.

Pig CareTM is focused on the care, knowledge and expertise, experience and commitment of farmers to provide the best welfare for farmed pigs. It is the care given by our farmer that makes NZ Pork different from imported products.

While 58% of pork products sold in New Zealand are imported, Pig CareTM accreditation on products is an indication that the pig has been born and raised in New Zealand and farmed with care, with the needs of the pig at the centre of the farming practice.

Source: 100% New Zealand Pork

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